Thursday Numbers

Hold on…just one more day until the weekend – and this is the column that you must read today!

Welcome to Thursday Numbers – If you are new to The Western Word, Thursday Numbers is where I take a look at the numbers in the news and provide (sometimes with a little sarcasm) commentary with them.

DISCLAIMER:  The Western Word is not responsible for your being more intelligent after reading this column!  You just might find yourself armed with more knowledge – knowledge that you can use to impress your family, friends and co-workers!  It might be life-changing – consider yourself warned…

This week I write about Peyton’s contract, Sean’s suspension, Barack’s visitors, unemployment, polygamy, the nuke argument, planes and pink slime, paragliding for seniors, Twitter’s birthday, I write about the second most interesting man, the longest train, and much much more.

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